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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

The polls are closed and the results are in. We had a record number of votes cast for the seventh straight year. Congratulations should go to all nominees. We had some extremely close races this year. Without further ado, here are the winners:

Desktop Distribution of the Year - Ubuntu (30.83%)
Server Distribution of the Year - Debian (30.30%)
Live Distribution of the Year - KNOPPIX (22.88%)
Database of the Year - MySQL (54.36%)
Office Suite of the Year - OpenOffice.org (89.50%)
Browser of the Year - Firefox (74.03%)
Desktop Environment of the Year - KDE (52.08%)
Window Manager of the Year - Compiz (33.65%)
Messaging App of the Year - Pidgin (53.90%)
Mail Client of the Year - Thunderbird (53.72%)
Virtualization Product of the Year - VirtualBox (41.58%)
Audio Media Player Application of the Year - Amarok (57.37%)
Audio Authoring Application of the Year - Audacity (68.24%)
Video Media Player Application of the Year - mplayer (41.78%)
Video Authoring Application of the Year - mencoder (24.21%)
Multimedia Utility of the Year - K3b (63.34%)
Graphics Application of the Year - GIMP (69.15%)
Network Security Application of the Year - nmap (24.95%)
Host Security Application of the Year - SELinux (30.69%)
Monitoring Application of the Year - Nagios (38.58%)
Windows on Linux App of the Year - Wine (84.76%)
IDE/Web Development Editor of the Year - Eclipse (22.29%)
Shell of the Year - bash (87.33%)
Text Editor of the Year - vi/vim (36.37%)
File Manager of the Year - Konqueror (38.00%)
Open Source Game of the Year - Battle for Wesnoth (21.74%)
Programming Language of the Year - Python (21.78%)

Winners should expect an email, including a nice winners badge in about a day or so. If you have any questions or suggestions on how we can improve the MCA's next year, do let me know. Visit http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ice-awards-79/ for the full poll results.

Distro: openSUSE. Call me weird, but I just don't like Ubuntu. I don't care for Kubuntu either. That's not to say they're bad distros, but I've always been a SUSE fan.

Desktop: Although KDE and GNOME are both great in their own ways, my pick is certainly KDE. GNOME is too simplistic and doesn't give me enough control and configurability. I like the look and feel of KDE.

IM: I've never understood why Pidgin always gets the vote. I prefer Kopete over any IM client (not just on Linux - although Miranda IM would be my IM of choice on Windows). It's clean and has a good balance between features and simplicity.

Raster Graphics: When version 2.4 of the GIMP was released, my opinion about the GIMP changed drastically. Although I prefer Krita's windowing mode over the GIMP's multiple window layout, I prefer GIMP on every other level. That, and GIMP is very stable - Krita is not (none of the KOffice apps are, IMHO).

Vector graphics: I've played with Karbon14, but I have to give my vote to Inkscape. It's interface isn't perfect, IMHO, but it has a good feature set and it's stable. Wish I could edit modern (Adobe CS+) Illustrator EPS/AI files with it, but alas, not yet.

Security: nmap is a must have on any platform, but even more so on a 'nix system.

Office: OpenOffice.org gets my pick. KOffice loads faster on my PC, but its ODF support isn't near close to what OpenOffice.org has, and OpenOffice.org is far more stable and consistent on Linux that KOffice is (full KDE integration in OO.org would be a dream come true!!!). If I could get decent ODF support and a stable program, I think I'd give KOffice more attention.